Gasolene-tank attachment.



E. B. HUGHSON.

GASOLENE TANK ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAY 19, 1914.

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i Application filed ittay lhlold. terial No. $39,601.

To all whom it may concern;

lBe it known that l, EDWIN B. Hnonson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Branch-,in the. county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvementsv in Gasolene-Tank Attachto these ends the invention consists of an extension positioned on a usual gasolene tank and the arrangement of a series of deflectors within the extension whereby the dirt and forei n matter contained in the gasolene may e gravitated to the bottom of the ex."

tension and thereby be drained off or otherwise removed.

Uther objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my inventionof which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof in which the .figure is a vertical sectional View of my invention arranged on a portion of agasolene tank. v I

As shown in the drawin s the extension here shown in the forma o? a cup 5 is arranged under a suitable opening 6 in the fuel tank 7, and arranged within the cup 5 is a central discharge pipe 8 which communicates with the feed pipe 9-for conveying the fuelto a motor. Mounted on the upper end of the pipe 8 is a series of defleetorslO, 11 and 12, which protect the discharge openings 8' provided in the upper end of the pipe. a

The cup '5 may be made of any suitable material such as copper brass, or the like, and for the purpose of ill ustration the same tion 14, which is secured to the cup by means of the flanged screw-threaded portion"15,-

. and for the purpose of carrying the pipe 8,

the end 14 is prIovided with a centrally located boi'ed' bearing '16, which has an externally screwv threaded depending neck 17 as shown; The pipe 8 is det screw threads, and for the purpose of retainingthe flanged endof the "feed pipe 9, a at bushing 18 is provided which fits over the flanged end of the pipe 9 and is" screw threadedonto the neck 17 of the bearing 16,

thus the pipe 8 and the {mesa e 9 have direct communication with-each ot er.

The pipe 8 is preferably. formed of suflicient height so that the upper end of the same appreciably adjacent to the opening 6 in thebottom of, the fuel tank, thus the uppermost of the deflectors is substantially 75 located within the opening 6 as shown. The

deflector 10 is appreciably conical in shapes and has its peripheral edge in spaced rela tion with the sideof the cup 5. The de flector 10 is also provided With-a centrally so located socket 19, which fits over the upper end of the pipe 8, and is screw threaded thereon so as to be securely held in position. Arranged in spaced relation with the deflector- 10, is a second deflector 11, whichis t5 substantially hemisphericalin shape and for the purpose of being held. in contact with the deflector 10, the deflector 11 is supported by a collar or ring 20 which is screw threaded onto the upper end of the pipe 8, and to carried by the lower portion of the deflector 11 on the interior thereof is a screen -or strainer 21, as shown. A third deflector 12 is arranged onfthe' pipe 8 in spaced relation The deflector 12 is W with the deflector 11. similar'in shape and size to the deflector 10,

and is secured to the'pipe 8 by means of a pin 22.

.Now it will be seen thatthe gasolene or achably positloned within the bearing 16 by means of tit cup is providedwith a'detachable end porth is shown in the drawings aseylindrical in' shape, thoughit ma be of any shape desired. The upper on of the cup is provided with an annular outwardly disposed flange 13; whereby the cupmay e secured to the 50 bottom of the tank 7 by rivets or the like, and for the purposes of reventing a leakage-of fuel, asuitable pac g ring is interposed between the flan e 13 and the bottom of thetankas shown. he lower'end of the i like fuel which is carried by the tank 7, will WW fill the cup 5 by virtue of gravity,.and by reason of having the outlet openings 8 arranged in the upper endof the pipe the fuel must be appreciably level with the openings 8' in order to 'pass therethrough on its way 1 to the'carburet'er (not shown), by means. of the pipe 9. It is quite obvious thatonlythe upper portion of the liquid fuel in the cup will be drawn ofl through the holes 8', and by virtue of these holes being of small size tit the liquid Will pass and even manner.

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therethrough in a slow As the fuel fills up the 5, the dirt and foreign matter which may be contained therein, will gravitate to 5 the bottom of the tank by reason of dif:

ferences in the specific gravity of the elecup arranged to register with the opening ments, thusthe foreign matter will settle and secured to the tank, the said cup includand remain in the bottom, and by reason of ing a body and a detachable end portion carthe clear. fuel being uppermost, the latter ried bythe body, a discharge pipe carried by will escape through the holes 8 as stated. the end portion and located Within the body, A drain cook 23 is provided on the lower and provided with openings in the vicinity endg'l l of the cup, by means of which the of its upper end, a series of deflectors carforeign matter such as dirt, water and the like may be drained ofl when desireds It tionthereof, one of said deflectors closing will be noticed that the meshed wire strainer the upper end of the pipe, another of said 21 is provided on the deflector 11, which deflectors being secured to the pipe above augments the straining operation of the the openings therein, and a screen carried by liquid and by virtue of the construction and the, last mentioned deflector and connected disposition of the deflectors any foreign with the pipe below the opening therein. matter contained in the fuel will \be ob- In testimony whereof I affix my signature viously directed to the bottom of the cup. in presence of two witnesses.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the rietailsof construction and EDWIN B. I IiIGHSON. v arrangements 0 parts without departing 25 from the spirit-of my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to any such features except as may be required by the claim.

What I claim as new is The combination with a tank having an opening at the lower portion thereof, of a Witnesses:

M. E. LAUGHLIN, Geo. BYRNE.

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